SEASON'S GREETINGS
12/19/2022
Dear friends, Now that the pandemic crisis is over, 2022 has been a busy and successful year for CEB. Thanks to the federations, players, referees, partners and friends ! On behalf of CEB Board I wish you a Merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year. May 2023 brings you happiness and be full of amazing and exciting moments in our sport! Diane Wild - CEB President »
CEB SPORT NEWS: WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP ARTISTIC
12/09/2022
This is to inform all Federations and athletes that the registrations for the World Championship Artistic will be opened on CEB website starting from Saturday 10th, 2022. Deadline for Federations is set on January 10th 2023. Federations are kindly requested to register their athletes on CEB website, CEB will forward registrations to UMB after the deadline. CEB has 13 places (included the European Champion Hector Cuadrado that will be number one on the CEB list) plus two... »
MYUNG WOO CHO GETS HIS FIRST WORLD CUP GOLD
12/04/2022
Update: Saturday December 10th. Korean wonder boy Myung Woo Cho gets his first World Cup defeating the runner up Daniel Sanchez (Spain) in a fantastic match. Bronze medals for Marco Zanetti (Italy) and Chang Hoon Seo (South Korea). Dick Jaspers (Netherlands) is the overall World Cup winner for 2022. All infos here. Sunday December 4th. The World Cup cycle turns to the end in the Park Regency Resort in Sharm El Sheikh (Egypt). The sixth and last World Cup of 2022 is just... »
LONGONI NEXT GEN, FIRST GRAND PRIX 5 PINS U21
12/02/2022
LONGONI NEXT GEN. This is to inform Federations and athletes that it's already possible to register for the first Longoni Next Gen Grand Prix 5 Pins U21. The deadline for registrations is set on December 31st, 2022. This first step of the new tour will take place in Cusago (Milano, Italy) in the ASD ROYAL BILLIARDS in February 2023, 4th and 5th. CEB reminds that this Grand Prix is part of the Longoni Next Gen circuit for the discipline of 5 Pins. The circuit includes 3 events:... »
CEB GRAND PRIX ARTISTIC - MANNHEIM (GERMANY)
12/01/2022
Sunday December 4th updates: After four days of spectacular competition the current European Champion Hector Cuadrado (Spain) put his name on top of the final standings. He qualified as number 9 from the qualification round and then battled hard in his road to the final victory winning four match in a row: the 1/8 finals against Marvin Heinrich, the 1/4 final against Kevin Tran, the semifinal against Haci Arap Yaman and the final against Thomas Ahrens. Final... »
LBM 2022: CEB TEAM IS SECOND, ASIA WINS.
11/20/2022
At the Lausanne Billard Masters the CEB team gets the second place losing the final match against the Asia Team (ACBC). Africa and Middle East representative (AMECC) wins the match for the third place against the Panamerican team (CPB). In the qualification group Asian team won all the three matches, two victories for the CEB, one for CPB and zero for AMECC. Find out all results on UMB website. CEB team: Muhemmed Mustafa Kilic (Turkey) and Nikolaus Kogelbauer... »
LAUSANNE BILLARD MASTERS 2022
11/17/2022
Lausanne Billard Masters 2022. The 2022 edition of the prestigious tournament sanctioned by UMB is going to start in the casino of Montbenon, Lausanne, tomorrow November 18th in a brand new format. Four teams by 2 players under the age of 25 representing the four continental Confederation of Europe, Asia, America and Africa/Middle East will clash for the victory. Matches are to 50 points: a relay to 30 points and a scotch double to 20 points. Muhemmed Mustafa Kilic (Turkey) and Nikolaus... »
CEB SPORT NEWS
11/14/2022
CEB Sport News. Longoni Next Gen season 2022/2023: scheduled dates have been partially rearranged for this sport season . The postponed 5-Pins event has been rescheduled in February and the last event previously scheduled in June has been postponed in August. Find below all the dates, all in Italy, Lombardy region: February 4/5, 2023: 1st Longoni Next Gen Grand Prix 5-Pins U21, ASD Royal Billiard, Cusago (Milano) March 4/5, 2023: 2nd Longoni Next Gen Grand Prix 5-Pins U21. March 31/April 2,... »
TAYFUN TASDEMIR IS THE NEW WORLD CHAMPION
11/09/2022
The new World Champion is Tayfun Tasdemir! In Donghae City (South Korea) Tayfun Tasdemir won the Gold medal for Turkey in the 74th UMB World Championship 3-Cushion. The podium was an all-European one: Ruben Legazpi from Spain was defeated in the final and got the Silver medal. Bronze medals were awarded to Eddy Merckx (Belgium) and Dick Jaspers (Netherlands) who was the defending champion and who remains the leader of the world ranking. Tayfun, thanks to this victory, is now third in... »
BLOMDAHL RETURNS TO VICTORY IN VEGHEL
10/24/2022
Torbjörn Blomdahl (Sweden) returns to a World Cup victory. Three Europeans and one Korean on the podium in Veghel. Second place for Choong Bok Lee (South Korea). Dick Jaspers (Netherlands) and Daniel Sanchez (Spain) share the third place. Read more on the UMB website. Pics: Ton Smilde Facebook page of the event. »